He makes the figs our mouths to meet And throws the melons at our feet; But apples plants of such a price, No tree could ever bear them twice. With cedars chosen by His hand From Lebanon He stores the land; And makes the hollow seas that roar Proclaim... Blackie's graded readers, ed. by M. Paterson - Page 115edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
| Seraph - 1754 - 294 pages
...enamels every thing.; And fends the fowls to us m care, On daily vifits thro' the air. He hangs in fhades the orange bright, Like golden lamps in a green night. And does in the pomegranates dofe, Jewels more rich than Or aim fhows. He makes the figs our mouths to meet; And throws the melons... | |
| 1843 - 750 pages
...translation, although it is unfortunate that the licence occurs in the finest passage of the English poem. He hangs in shades the orange bright, Like golden...at our feet ; But apples plants of such a price, No tn-e could ever bear them twice." " Hie inter umbras mala lendit aurea, Ceu nocte viridi liuninn, Intusquc... | |
| 1824 - 378 pages
...Which here enamels every thing ; And sends the fowls to us in care, On daily visits thro' the air. He hangs in shades the orange bright, Like golden...such a price, No tree could ever bear them twice. With cedars, chosen by his hand, From Lebanon, he stores the land. And makes the hollow seas, that... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 378 pages
...Which here enamels every thing ; And sends the fowls to us in care, On daily visits thro' the air. He hangs in shades the orange bright, Like golden...such a price, No tree could ever bear them twice. With cedars, chosen by his hand, From Lebanon, he stores the land. And makes the hollow seas, that... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...us in care, On daily visits thro' the air. He hangs in shades the orange bright, Like golden lumps litt With cedars, chosen by his hand, From Lebanon, he stores the land. And makes the hollow seas, that... | |
| 1824 - 378 pages
...Which here enamels every thing ; And sends the fowls to us in care, On daily visits thro' the air. He hangs in shades the orange bright, Like golden...such a price, No tree could ever bear them twice. With cedars, chosen by his hand, From Lebanon, he stores the land. And makes the hollow seas, that... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...Whieh here enamels every thing ; And sends the fowls to us in eare, ()n daily visits through the air. f XLLFM3F _b } -̨! T ow S] VuOӚ Ǫ n . Ȧ 9 = Lum g s ? zd ]G ̼s elose Jewels more rieh than Ormus shows. He makes the figs our mouths to meet ; And throws the melons... | |
| Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 pages
...referring the beauties of a garden to the benevolent Deity, by whom they were given to mankind, says — " He hangs in shades the orange bright, Like golden lamps in a green night ; And does in the pomegranate close Jewels more rich than Ormus shows." Yet Thomson, comparing it with the palm, the... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...Which here enamels every thing, And sends the fowls to us in care, On daily visits through the air. " He hangs in shades the orange bright, Like golden lamps in a green night, And in these rocks for us did frame l A temple where to sound his name. " Oh! let our voice his praise... | |
| Poetic gleanings - 1827 - 182 pages
...Which here enamels every thing ; And sends the fowls to us in care, On daily visits through the air. " He hangs in shades the orange bright, Like golden lamps in a green night; And in these rocks for us did frame A temple where to sound his name. " Oh! let our voice his praise exalt,... | |
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